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Patented May 28, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIPHAZ \V. ARNOLD AND GEORGE WV. OSGOOD, OF YVEYMOUTH, MASSA- OHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,982, dated May 28, 1889.

Application filed December 14, 1888.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ELIPHAZ W. ARNOLD and GEORGE W. OSGOOD, both of Weymouth, county of Norfolk, and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Lasts, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like letters on the drawing representing like parts.

In the manufacture of boots and shoes it is necessary to provide the block of the last with a locking device, whereby the block may be held securely in place on the body of the last while the difierent operations on the shoe being made are being performed, and when the last is to be withdrawn from the shoe the fastening device holding the block and last together must be disengaged so as to free the block and permit it to be readily withdrawn. It is also a great desideratum to keep the last-body and its block always connected together, so that the last has to cooperate with it the proper block.

Prior to our invention the block has been held in position on the last being used by various forms of fastening devices and so, also, the last-body and block have been held together by a cord or string, and after use the two lasts of a pair have been tied together.

In accordance with our invention we have combined the fastening device for the block with the connection employed to join the block to the body of the last in such manner that the fastening device is carried by and may be withdrawn to disconnect the block from the last-body by strain upon the said connection.

Our invention therefore consists, essentially, in the combination, with a last-body, its block, and a fastening device for the block, of a flexible connection secured to the block and the body of the last and attached to the fastening device, whereby strain upon the said flexible connection operates to withdraw the fastening device to free the block and permit it to be withdrawn from the last-body, as will be described.

The drawing represents a last and part of its mate joined together, the block-body of Serial No. 293,554. (No model.)

the last and the fastening device being connected together in accordance with our invention.

The body a of the last and the block b are and may be of any usual construction or material, each, as herein shown, having a hole, as 2 3. The block b is secured to the body a by a fastening device, 0, herein shown as a spring-pin having an eye, 4, at its outer end, through which is extended the flexible connection (Z, herein represented as a strong cord, one end of which is fastened or attached'to the block, while the other end is extended through the hole 2 of the body a, so that the said connection joins the block, the body, and the fastening device in such manner that they cannot be readily disasseciated, but must remain properly joined together. The flexible connection is of such length as to enable the block to be pulled from the body while the latter is yet in the shoe, and the construction of the fastening device and the combination with the flexible connection is such that by putting on the flexible connection the fastening device will be sufficiently withdrawn from the block and body of the last to permit the block to be readily withdrawn, and the withdrawal of the block may be completed by continuing to pull on the flexible connection.

WVe have shown the flexible connection as passed twice through the eye of the fastening device, as thereby the strain on the fastening device is made more uniform or direct, and we have shown the flexible connection as provided with a knot, as 6, to afford purchase for the closed hand or fingers when pulling on the said connection to withdraw the fastening device and block.

In the drawing we have shown two of the flexible connections knotted together, so as to keep the two lasts of the pair together when not in use.

\Ve do not desire to limit our invent-ion to the exact form of fastening device shown, as any other usual form of device may be used instead, it being, however, joined to the flexible connection.

We claim-- Thehody a of the last, its block b, and a names to thisspecification in the presence of fastening device to unite them, combined with two subscribing Witnesses.

a flexible connection attached to the body and ELIPHAZ W. ARNOLD. to the block and extended through an eye of GEO. W. OSGOOD.

5 the fastening device, to operate substantially Witnesses:

as described. BERNICE J. NOYES,

In testimony whereof we have signed our FREDERICK L. EMERY. 

